ohnotheydidnt: Natalie Portman takes on the Wuthering Heights role that Lindsay Lohan wanted.

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ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-04-10 23:53:00

Natalie Portman takes on the Wuthering Heights role that Lindsay Lohan wanted.
Natalie Portman is attached as the lead in a new film version of "Wuthering Heights."

U.K. production company Ecosse Films, whose projects include "Mrs. Brown," "Becoming Jane" and the upcoming "Brideshead Revisited," is backing the pic. HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales.

Olivia Hetreed ("Girl With a Pearl Earring") wrote the script.

Up next for Portman is a turn opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire in Jim Sheridan's "Brothers."

The most recent bigscreen adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic matched Ralph Fiennes with Juliette Binoche, but the Goldwyn release grossed just $624,643 in 1989.

The definitive film take remains William Wyler's 1939 version starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, which earned eight Oscar noms.

Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983873.html?categoryId=13&cs=1

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	viv_darkbloom 2008-04-11 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Oh no. (Reply to this)

	anglophiled 2008-04-11 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Natalie Portman has not been impressing me with her acting skillz lately. (Reply to this)

	inizi_dolci 2008-04-11 04:03 am UTC (link)
	ughhh the original version is so good. laurence olivier....so handsome. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	suzycat 2008-04-11 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, not like Heathcliff at all really. I wonder if this time they'll bother with the second half of the book? HARETON 4 TEH WINZ! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gypsy_leerose 2008-04-11 04:04 am UTC (link)
	wuthering heights is too dark and depressing for my liking. but i though ralph fiennes did a good job as heathcliff.. (Reply to this)

	opheliassister 2008-04-11 04:04 am UTC (link)
	Oh don't fuck this up. I love this book. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	ortanique 2008-04-11 04:12 am UTC (link)
	My thoughts exactly. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	quicksand 2008-04-11 04:04 am UTC (link)
	good god, what a terrible book and movie. why do they keep re-making it? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	eleven59 2008-04-11 04:05 am UTC (link)
	ia. I hate all the characters. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	eleven59 2008-04-11 04:05 am UTC (link)
	I will be amused if the promos include this song - (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	whop__dedooo 2008-04-11 04:13 am UTC (link)
	kate bush is amazing! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	screamofwheat 2008-04-11 04:05 am UTC (link)
	remember that version that was on mtv a few years ago? it came out right after 2gether so i had high hopes for it and it just... well you know. it's mtv. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	winniecooper 2008-04-11 04:06 am UTC (link)
	ahaha, wasn't katherine heigl in that? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	silverfox1027 2008-04-11 04:06 am UTC (link)
	I hated that book. (Reply to this)

	my_drama_only 2008-04-11 04:06 am UTC (link)
	PWNED. (Reply to this)

	suzycat 2008-04-11 04:07 am UTC (link)
	God, this is going to be bad. All movie versions of WH are bad. On the bright side, it's not Hohan. (Reply to this)

	blue_mango 2008-04-11 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Jane Eyre >>>>> Wuthering Heights (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	suzycat 2008-04-11 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Hey! Them's fighting words! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tina448 2008-04-11 04:09 am UTC (link)
	lindsay wanted that role...pftttt so what...I wanted Michael Johns to win (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	thesoulwithin 2008-04-11 04:18 am UTC (link)
	OMG FALCOR I'MMA MISS YOU (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ahkna 2008-04-11 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Oh man, I hate Wuthering Heights. I don't buy it as a great romance at all. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	isabellaland 2008-04-11 05:26 am UTC (link)
	romanticism does not equal romance just so you and ontd know :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	britneyhouston 2008-04-11 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Why do they give roles to shitty well known actresses instead of awesome underrated ones? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	winniecooper 2008-04-11 04:10 am UTC (link)
	Because there are people that think those actresses that you think are shitty are talented. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mental_picture 2008-04-11 04:10 am UTC (link)
	Portman hasn't been good since Leon. Why do people keep casting her? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	kerrence 2008-04-11 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Lohan hasn't been good since Mean Girls. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	knifeinmyhand 2008-04-11 04:10 am UTC (link)
	OMG I LOVE THAT BOOOOOOOOOK (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	isabellaland 2008-04-11 05:29 am UTC (link)
	WOOOOO (Reply to this) (Parent)

	purplerains 2008-04-11 04:11 am UTC (link)
	She is trully a terrible actress. I'm just dying to see a monotone, blank-faced Cathy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	purplerains 2008-04-11 04:35 am UTC (link)
	*truly, ugh. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thansunshine 2008-04-11 04:11 am UTC (link)
	ugh. :\| (Reply to this)

	I wanted Rose Byrne :-( mrmidwest 2008-04-11 04:12 am UTC (link)
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	Re: I wanted Rose Byrne :-( winniecooper 2008-04-11 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Oh, that would have been good! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	carbonmonoxide 2008-04-11 04:12 am UTC (link)
	wtf her english accents are horrifically bad. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	winniecooper 2008-04-11 04:14 am UTC (link)
	hahaha, i love her, but yeah, she needs a lot of work. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	ziester 2008-04-11 04:13 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, but if there have already been two remakes of a film, DO NOT REMAKE IT. Gah. Find some new material, PLEASE. (Reply to this)

	enid_keaner 2008-04-11 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Natalie Portman does not impress me. I haven't liked her acting since Leon. When she was 12. (Reply to this) (Thread)